John Presper
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`From:
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`Sent:
`To:
`Subject:
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`Mark Hadfield <MHadfield@bournemouth.ac.uk>
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`Wednesday, October 21, 2015 11:53 AM
`John Presper
`FW: Ramat Gan
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`FilingDate:
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`10/21/2015 5:45:00 PM
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`Hi John,
`Just f0}r you record. This is from Professor Fletcher who was with the School of Tourism at that time and now the Pro-VC
`Research at Bournemouth.
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`Regards
`Mark
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`From: John Fletcher
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`Sent: 02 September 2015 14:35
`To: Mark Hadfield
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`Cc: Katy Fisher; Emma Jackson; Fiona Knight; Catherine Symonds
`Subject: RE: Ramat Gan
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`The short answer is yes I do recall an arrangement that was struck between BU and Ramat—Gan College — Chris Hall is
`probably the best person to flesh out the details of this. Whether DEC had an arrangement with them i do not know but
`certainly there was no agreement for overseas PhD delivery when I was setting up the Graduate School in 2002. it does
`seem very odd Mark that he could get an MA in tourism followed by a PhD in electrical engineering?
`Best wishes
`John
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`From: Mark Hadfield
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`Sent: 02 September 2015 13:20
`To: John Fletcher
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`Cc: Katy Fisher; Emma Jackson; Fiona Knight; Catherine Symonds
`Subject: Ramat Gan
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`Hi John,
`l have been asked to verify that the PhD certificate (attached) is correct. I have asked registry, partnerships and the
`Graduate school. The only record we have found is a MA pass list from the School of Tourism that verifies the MA
`through a partnership with Ramat Gan University in Israel (although we have no records within our database).
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`in terms of the PhD in Electrical Engineering we have no records of this student. I’m just wondering if the PhD could have
`been issued through the School of Tourism partnership in Electrical Engineering is the same way as the MA. I know we
`were both on RDC at that time.
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`Do you have any recollection — happy to pop up for a quick meeting?
`
`Regards
`Mark
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`
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`From: Mark Hadfield
`Sent: 02 September 2015 09:46
`To: Emma Jackson
`Subject: FW: Ramat Gan
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`Dear Emma,
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`Please could you verify if these are correct?
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`Thanks
`Mark
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`Mark Hadfield PhD EEng (Hons) CEng FlMechE FHEA FLF
`Professor of Design and Technology
`Faculty of Science and Technology
`Bournemouth University
`Poole House, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow,
`Poole, Dorset, BH12 588
`United Kingdom
`Tel: +44 {0) 1202 965983, Fax: +44 (0) 1202 965314, mobile: 07515187700
`Twitter: http://twitter. com/mhadfield530
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`From: John Presper [mailto:JPresger@oblon.com]
`Sent: 01 September 2015 23:20
`To: Mark Hadfield
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`Cc: Robert Mattson,‘ Thomas C. Yebernetsky
`Subject: RE: Ramat Gan
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`Mark,
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`Thank you for forwarding the email below. This is helpful information.
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`On a related note, attached for your reference are copies of the diplomas that Alon Konchitsky has produced which
`purport to be his masters and PhD degrees. We are in the process of trying to ascertain their authenticity. For example,
`we note that (according to Wikipedia) the Chancellor and Vice—Chancellor identified on the diplomas appear to be the
`correct people for the respective time periods.
`it seems odd, however, that a student with a MA in tourism and hospitality
`managementwould be accepted into a PhD program for electrical engineering.
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`Any assistance that you can provide in this regard would be greatly appreciated.
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`Best regards.
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`John F. Presper, Attorney at Law
`Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, LLP | 1940 Duke Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314 | Direct: 703-412-3536 I
`igresgerQoblonLom i www.0blon.com |
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`From: Mark Hadfield [mailto:MHadfield@bournemouth.ac.uk]
`Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2015 11:25 AM
`To: John Presper
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`Cc: Robert Mattson; Thomas C. Yebernetsky; Katy Fisher; Patti Davies
`Subject: FW: Ramat Gan
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`Hi John,
`Please see the response from Katy below.
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`Regards
`Mark
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`From: Katy Fisher
`Sent: 01 September 2015 16:22
`To: Mark Hadfield
`Cc: Patti Davies
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`Subject: RE: Ramat Gan
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`Hi Mark
`
`I’ve checked the partnerships database and all the archived partnership records and i can’t find any evidence of us having
`a partnership with this institution.
`I will ask Cathy Symonds when she is back in the office tomorrow though to see if she
`has any memory of a partnership with this institution when she was in the School of Tourism.
`
`Katy Fisher
`Partnerships Academic Administration Manager (Acting)
`Academic Partnerships (Academic Services)
`Bournemouth University
`Meibury House
`1-3 Oxford Road, Bournemouth
`Dorset, BH8 SES
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`01202 961516
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`kfisher@§oumemouth.ac.uk
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`From: Mark Hadfieid
`Sent: 01 September 2015 16:05
`To: Katy Fisher
`Cc: Patti Davies
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`Subject: FW: Ramat Gan
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`Hi Katy,
`Please could you find could if DEC had a similar program to the School of Tourism in the early 2000.
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`Thanks
`nnark
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`From: John Presper [maiito:JPresper@oblon.com]
`Sent: 01 September 2015 15:52
`To: Mark Hadfield
`Cc: Robert Mattson; Thomas C. Yebernetsky
`Subject: Ramat Gan
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`Prof. Hadfield:
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`Thank you for taking the time to speak with us today.
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`Further to our discussion of whether Bournemouth University has or had a campus in Ramat Gan, Israel in the early
`20005, I wanted to bring to your attention the following excerpt on page 78 of the book “Global Tourism Higher
`Education: Past, Present. and Future" describing hospitality and tourism management programs available in Israel in
`2000:
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`The extension of Bournemouth University in lsrael was located at a
`then~obscure private Rental-«Gan College that managed to flourish in
`later years tiue to its innovative strategy: agreements to award degrees
`from various universities by franchising contracts and similar models of
`cooperation. The extension offered a graduate degree in tourism and
`hospitality management. At the beginning, the hosts were very strict in
`following the rules, regulations, and quatity standards ofthe parent in-
`stitution. Several foil—fledged faculty members from the UK. were sent
`to teach in order to complement the local partwtime instructors, most
`without doctoral degrees.
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`The book is available online at
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`httpszllbooksgoogle.com/books?id=7iOU8bleO1kC&lpg=PPi&dq=isbn%3A1136448470&pg=PP1#v=onepage&g&f=false.
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`The above excerpt appears to involve only the School of Tourism at Bournemouth University. That said, we would like to
`confirm that the School of Design Engineering & Computing did not have a similar program in the early 20005 at Ramat
`Gan College.
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`Any assistance you can provide in this regard would be greatly appreciated.
`know.
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`If you have any questions, please let me
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`Best regards,
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`John F. Presper, Attorney at Law
`Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, LLP | 1940 Duke Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314 | Direct: 703-412-3536 |
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